The Saxoni (or Saxons), Angli (or Angles), and Vikings. All of these people are from Scandinavia and Northern Germany.
English is a proto-Germanic language. Among other languges, it has been influenced by a number of Germanic peoples including the Angles, Saxons, Danes, Franks, Frisians and Jutes. Historically, English originated from several dialects, now collectively termed Old English, which were brought to the eastern coast of the Great Britain by Germanic setllers, predominantly the Anglo-Saxons, around the 5th century. English was further influenced by the Old Norse language of Viking invaders. The most dominant dialect became the West-Saxon dialect.
First and foremost it brought the Catholic Faith! Funnily enough eventually the Church became ,"Ecclesia Anglicana," the Church of the English people. It gave England its name, because it was here before the country was unified! Also, it brought education and organisation, it brought unity between the various racial groups, Celts, Saxons, Scots and Irish and Roman!
The three most significant Germanic peoples who took over Britain were the Angles, the Saxons and the Jutes.After the Roman legions left before 410 CE, the British celtic kinglings hired these Germans as mercenaries in the warfare against each other. The mercenaries realised that the place was ripe for the plucking, brought their kinsman over in increasing numbers, and supplanted the Romanised-British rulers.It became known as Angleland (England) after the largest Germanic tribe; from the largest two peoples of these migrants comes the generic title Anglo-Saxon.
The Angles (Latin: Angli) were originally a Baltic Germanic tribe who moved to north-western Germany and became allied to large numbers of the Saxons, Jutes, Frisians, Wends and Franks, who all then migrated to England after the withdrawal of Roman troops from the province of Britannia. The Angles gave their name to the languages spoken by all these groups (englisc) and to the country they occupied (england, the Land of the Angles).It is a common misconception that only Angles and Saxons migrated to England, but many other Germanic groups were equally represented.
An Anglo-Saxon is a member of one of the Germanic peoples, the Angles, the Saxons, and the Jutes, who settled in Britain in the fifth and sixth centuries. OR it could be a person of English or Anglo-Saxon ancestry.AnswerAnglo-Saxon is a collective term for all the Germanic peoples groups who came to inhabit the former Roman Province of Britannia after the legions withdrew from 410 A.D.of English decent.
English is a proto-Germanic language. Among other languges, it has been influenced by a number of Germanic peoples including the Angles, Saxons, Danes, Franks, Frisians and Jutes. Historically, English originated from several dialects, now collectively termed Old English, which were brought to the eastern coast of the Great Britain by Germanic setllers, predominantly the Anglo-Saxons, around the 5th century. English was further influenced by the Old Norse language of Viking invaders. The most dominant dialect became the West-Saxon dialect.
Germans,English,Norwegians,Danes,Swedes etc.
First and foremost it brought the Catholic Faith! Funnily enough eventually the Church became ,"Ecclesia Anglicana," the Church of the English people. It gave England its name, because it was here before the country was unified! Also, it brought education and organisation, it brought unity between the various racial groups, Celts, Saxons, Scots and Irish and Roman!
First and foremost it brought the Catholic Faith! Funnily enough eventually the Church became ,"Ecclesia Anglicana," the Church of the English people. It gave England its name, because it was here before the country was unified! Also, it brought education and organisation, it brought unity between the various racial groups, Celts, Saxons, Scots and Irish and Roman!
The largest ethnic group in English is the English. Other immigrant groups include Scottish, Welsh, French, Indian, Pakistani, American, and German.
The three most significant Germanic peoples who took over Britain were the Angles, the Saxons and the Jutes.After the Roman legions left before 410 CE, the British celtic kinglings hired these Germans as mercenaries in the warfare against each other. The mercenaries realised that the place was ripe for the plucking, brought their kinsman over in increasing numbers, and supplanted the Romanised-British rulers.It became known as Angleland (England) after the largest Germanic tribe; from the largest two peoples of these migrants comes the generic title Anglo-Saxon.
The Scandinavians, the Goths, the Franks, and the Teutons.
Metacom was a Wampanoag chief who brought different American Indian groups together to fight against the English.
Angles settled in what is now northern and eastern England, while Saxons settled in what is now southern and central England. Both groups were Germanic tribes who migrated to Britain during the early medieval period.
The Angles (Latin: Angli) were originally a Baltic Germanic tribe who moved to north-western Germany and became allied to large numbers of the Saxons, Jutes, Frisians, Wends and Franks, who all then migrated to England after the withdrawal of Roman troops from the province of Britannia. The Angles gave their name to the languages spoken by all these groups (englisc) and to the country they occupied (england, the Land of the Angles).It is a common misconception that only Angles and Saxons migrated to England, but many other Germanic groups were equally represented.
The two chief Indo-European language groups represented in Western Europe are the Romance languages, which evolved from Latin, and the Germanic languages. Examples of Romance languages include French, Spanish, Italian, and Portuguese, while examples of Germanic languages include English, German, Dutch, and Swedish.
German is a West Germanic language that developed from dialects spoken by Germanic tribes in the early Middle Ages. It is closely related to other languages within the West Germanic language family, such as English and Dutch.